Huntsville police probe 5 shootings within 3 hours

Police are investigating five separate shootings in north Huntsville that occurred within 3 hours of each other.

Al.com reports (http://bit.ly/18ntUC8) that two people received minor injuries in the Monday afternoon gunfire. Police say at least two of the cases appear to be drive-by shootings.

In one case, a man told police he was at home when a white Chevrolet Impala drove by and two men inside fired several shots at his house. Bullets struck the house as well as two unoccupied cars. He wasn't hurt.

In another case, a patient in Huntsville Hospital's emergency room told police he was mowing his yard when several men drove by in a passing vehicle and fired at him, striking him in the foot.